Karla Sofía Gascón gave an impassioned acceptance speech at the Golden Globes after winning the award for Best Comedy or Musical for her role in the film .
Carla Sofía Gascón won the final award of the evening, best comedy or musical , at the Golden Globes . During her emotional acceptance speech, Gascón shared a message of hope, stating, 'the light always wins over darkness.' She emphasized the importance of raising one's voice and embracing one's true identity, saying, 'you can maybe put us in jail, you can beat us up, but you never can take away our soul, our resistance, or our identity.
And I want to say to you, raise your voice and say, ‘I am who I am, not who you want’.”\The film centers on a cartel leader (Gascón) who hires an attorney (Saldaña) in a plan to fake her death so that she can transition into a woman and live as her true self. Selena Gomez also stars. Gascón broke out with the bold crime musical directed by Audiard that Netflix picked up out of Cannes. Gascón was honored with the Cannes best actress award, marking the first time a transgender woman has won the award. Nicolas Cage presented the award, and director writer and producer Jacques Audiard accepted the award before Gascón took over. also won best non-English language film as well, while the song “El Mal” won best original song and Saldaña won best supporting actress
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